LOUISIANA (AP) – Ten trumpet students at a Louisiana university are offering to play Taps at veterans’ funerals, rather than leave the haunting farewell bugle call to a recording. Talons for Taps is a group named because the Warhawk is mascot of the University of Louisiana at Monroe. All of the students are taught by…… MORE
Beto O’Rourke Acknowledges Mistakes
FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) – Democratic presidential contender Beto O’Rourke is acknowledging mistakes he made as a teen and as a candidate as he responds to criticism of his campaign rhetoric toward his wife as well as writings he produced online as a teenager. While taping the “Political Party Live” podcast in Iowa on Friday, he…… MORE
Fort Worth hospital fires elevator maintenance company for poor job performance
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth’s John Peter Smith Hospital has fired the elevator maintenance company that it blames for a January accident that severely injured a nurse. Carren Stratford was crushed when the elevator she was entering suddenly started rising. She was in a coma for 15 days. While the Thyssenkrupp elevator maintenance company…… MORE
Wednesday’s storms did a lot of damage in DFW
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Insurance Council of Texas says the storm driven winds that roared through DFW Wednesday morning did at least $30 million worth of damage, probably a lot more. The Council says 6,000 wind-related claims have already been filed, more almost certainly will be, so total damages could reach $50 million or more.…… MORE
North Texas Police Captain Arrested on Allegations of Sharing Nude Photos.
AMARILLO – Associated Press – A 57 year old Amarillo police captain has been arrested and charged on allegations he shared nude photos of a woman without her permission. Amarillo police Captain Jason Zang was arrested Friday on a charge of unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual material. The felony charge carries a sentence…… MORE
DART Adds Additional Service for St. Patrick’s Day Parade
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – DART is adding additional service in anticipation of big crowds during Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Greenville Avenue in Dallas. From Plano, rail service will be added to Red and Orange Line trains operating between 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday to Mockingbird, Lovers Lane or Park Lane stations. From Carrollton,…… MORE
Trump Issues First Veto to Protect Border Order
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has issued the first veto of his presidency, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding. Flanked by law enforcement officials as well as the parents of children killed by people in the country illegally, Trump says “our immigration system is stretched beyond the breaking point”…… MORE
Beto Attacks Trump Rhetoric, Says it Played Part in New Zealand Massacre
(WBAP/KLIF) – Former Texas congressman Beto O’rourke blamed President Trump style rhetoric for the New Zealand mosque massacre. At a packed coffee house in Iowa, the democratic contender said, ”We must call out this hatred, this islamophobia, this intolerance and the violence that predictably flows from the rhetoric that we use. We must be better…… MORE
North Texas Police Increasing Security at Mosques After Deadly Mass Shooting in New Zealand
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police departments across the Metroplex increased security at mosques Friday morning in the wake of the deadly shooting at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. At least 49 people were killed and at least 20 seriously injured in the massacre. The Islamic Association of North Texas in Richardson…… MORE
Texas’ U.S. Vote Against Blocking President Trump’s National Emergency
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Twelve Republican senators backed a Democratic effort spear-headed in the house to block President Trump’s emergency order — neither of Texas’ two U.S. senators was not among them. Senators Ted Cuz and Jon Cornyn voted against the resolution with the president has vowed to veto. The vote was 59-41 in favor of…… MORE
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